Movable toy figure



M. RYLLQ MOVABLE TOY FIGURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1919.

1,334,939. Patented Mar. 23,1920.

3 nventoz 24 Marfl" fPy/l v at MARTIN RYLL, 01 PORT COLBORNE, ONTARIO,CANADA.

MOVABLE TOY FIGURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lwal'. 23, 1920.

Application filed May 20, 1919. Serial No. 298,494.

Eb all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN RYLL, a citizen of Poland, residing at PortColborne, Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Movable Toy Figures, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Ihis invention relates to improvements in toys and has for its principalobject to provide a toy comprising a figure of which the legs and armsare movable and means for operating the same.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a toy madeto simulate a violinist in the act of playing a violin.

With these and other objects in view as will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts, as will be fully set forth in thefollowing specification, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which- Figure 1 is a face view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the same in another position.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view partly in sec tion taken on line 44; of Fig.1, and

Fig. 41 is a detail showing the connection between the bow and handReferring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates the bodyportion of the figure which is provided at its upper end with the headportion 2. Pivoted to the lower end of the body portion, as at 3, arethe articulated leg portions 41 carrying at their lower ends the feetportion 5.

Pivoted to the body portion 1 near its upper end at 6 is the arm member7 to which the bow is attached, while an arm 8 is pivoted, as at 9, tothe opposite side of said body portion in a plane with the arm 7'. Thebody 10 of the violin is fixed on the arm 8 and is provided with, theusual neck 11, which is attached to the hand 12 formed on the end of thearm 8 by the pivot 13.

Connecting the hand 14 formed with the arm 7, to the bow 19 is a pivot24: provided with a radial lug 25 which operates in a slot 26 in the how19 in order to limit its movement as will be clearly seen upon referenceto Fig. 4:.

The violin bow comprises a body 15 which is slotted as at 16 to receivethe hand 14 carried at the end of arm 7 The body 15 is provided with apair of parallel longitudinal extensions 18 and 19 which form a slot 17through which the violin body 10 is slidable. A connecting member 20joins the outer ends of the extensions 18 and 19.

In order to operate the figure, a pull cord 21 is provided and hasattached thereto the outwardly extending cords 22, and 23 the ends ofwhich are secured as at 24: and 25 near the upper ends of the legs andarms respectively. It will thus be seen that when the cord is pulled thelimbs will be elevated and as soon as the cord is relaxed the limbs willreturn to their lowered position. It will also be noted that the movement of the arms is in opposite directions and therefore operation ofthe device will cause the bow to move over the violin body.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, certain minor changes in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is- 1. A. toy comprising a body, limbs pivoted to thebody, means to cause the limbs to oscillate on pivots, a violin attachedto one of the limbs, a bow having a slot therein to receive the violin,and a pivotal connection between the bow and one of the other limbs"whereby when the limbs are oscillated the how will travel over theviolin.

2 The combination with a toy comprising a body, arms pivoted to thebody, and means to move the arms outwardly on their pivots, of a bowcomprising a body having a slot therein to receive the free end of oneof the arms, a pair of parallel spaced extensions on the body, a violinon the other arm, operable between the extensions and means to limit thepivotal movement of the bow on the arm to which it is secured.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

MARTIN RYLL.

